Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuania's basketball legend who now heads the country's Basketball Federation, Virgilijus Alekna, a former discus thrower and now a lawmaker, and Rūta Meilutyte, an Olympic gold-winning swimmer, are ranked as Lithuania's most influential sports figures, Delfi.lt reported on Wednes...
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Daina Gudzinevičiūtė (born 23 December 1965 in Vilnius) is an Olympic shooting champion from Lithuania and president of National Olympic Committee.
Team Lithuania did not bring home any gold medals from the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, disappointing many fans, but achieved top results in events few had been investing much hope into before. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
Daina Gudzinevičiūtė, the Olympic shooting champion, is one of the Lithuanian sports legends and there is no doubt in it. Today, at age of 50, she is the president of the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee, having beaten another Lithuanian sports legend, Virgilius Alekna, for the position.
As sports fanatics spread across Australia celebrate the end of another dramatic football season, it is fitting that today’s Lithuanian triumph also took place in the land down under.